Naparima College has a reputation for academic success, particularly in natural sciences. Now, students of the San Fernando school are using this penchant to help members of the community through a solar-powered hydroponics project.
In just over a year, students of the school's Interact Club were able to donate produce to homes for the aged and share expertise with neighboring schools to set up similar systems.
Head of the school's science department Hema Jaggernauth said this all stemmed from a hydroponics project which began in 2022 in response to the covid19 pandemic's effect on students.
"We had students suffering from anxiety, students who have problems socializing, and... you had students from lower-income backgrounds (and) they had problems accessing food," she said.
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